Skin filler



Patented Nov. 25, 1924.

um-:1) STATES WILLIAM A. JOHNSON AND ARTHUR W. ROBERTS, 0F YONKERS, NEW YORK.

SKIN FILLER.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. JOHN- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, county of Westchester, and State of New York, and ARTHUR W ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, Westchester County, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skin Filler, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a material to fill the pores of the skin of the hands, face or other parts of the body especially for the purpose of preventing dirt, grease, paint or other foreign matter from permeating the pores and adhering to the skin. More specifically its object is to provide a paste or cream which may be readily applied to the skin without injurious effects, which will form a protective filler and will not only prevent permeation of undesired matter but will also prevent permanent adhesion of such matter and assist and facilitate its removal. This filler is especially useful to workers on dirty machinery or to painters and varnishers for example, who can protect their hands by a simple application, or to actors or others who use grease paints or to automobilists whose hands and faces become exposed to dust and dirt. In fact the uses of this novel filler are so many and so varied that probably we are not aware of all of them.

In its 7 approved form this material or composition consists principally of a vegetable filler such as dextrine, dissolved in water to a consistency of a cold cream or salve, preferably with other matter to counteract its tacky or sticky nature. We use a detergent such as a vegetable oil soap for the double purpose of softening the material and rendering it unsticky and of assisting in cleaning the skin with water after use. For some purposes such as the use of the material on the hands by mechanics, for example, we add a small quantity of colophony which retards the solubility due to perspiration and makes the filler more'last and we also add a little phenol- -ing in use,

which -of course acts as a preservative and as an antiseptic.

We have found the following proportions Appflication filed March 26,1921. Serial No. 456,043.

PATENT OFFICE.

of the aforesaid ingredients give unexpectedly good results:

The material is appliedto the skin and rubbed in well. It does more than form a coating as it fills the pores of the skin and the little spaces under the scales of the epidermis as well as any cracks or breaks in the surface and when used on the hands fills the spaces under and around the finger nails. It is then invisible and produces no unpleasant feeling, nor will it soil the clothmg. It is non-soluble in oil, grease, gasoline and the like and many kinds of dirt and foreign matter may come in contact with the skin thus treated without permanently adhering thereto. In fact such matter and the filler may be readily washed off with cold water. This material'also protects the part of the body to which it is applied from injurious effects of small cuts as it is non-acid and antiseptic and contains no free alkali. During the washing operation the soap in the filler functions in its usual capacity, as a detergent. The cleaning operation may of course be accelerated by the use of hot water and soap.

We believe the ingredients of this filler can be widely varied withinthe scope of our invention and therefore intend no limitations other than those imposed by the followingclaims. We also believe that the nature of the filler is such that we are entitled to a wide range of equivalents in the in edients specified in the claims.

at we claim is:

1. A skin filler in the form of a plastic semi-fluid pasty mass comprising a, water soluble gum, a soap and a resinous substance. I

2. A skin filler in the form of a plastic semi-fluid pasty mass comprising a water soluble gum, a soap, a resinous substance, and an antiseptic preservative.

3. A skin filler in the form of a plastic semi-fluid pasty mass comprising dextrine, a soap and a resinous substance.

4. A skin filler in the form of a plastic miapo semi-fluid pasty mass comprising dextrine, semi-fluid pasty comprising dextrine, a. soap and colophony. a soap, colophony, and an antiseptic pre- 5. A skin filler in the form of a plastic servative.

semi-fluid pasty mass comprising dextrine, In witness whereof, we have hereunto set 5 a soap, a resinous substance, and an antiour hands.

6. A skin filler in the form of a plastic ARTHUR W. ROBERTS.

septic preservative. WILLIAM A. JOHNSON. I 

